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The employment bubble you describe really only exists in the Bay Area. The majority of users on HN are not in the Bay Area: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?i
by xevb3k 8y ago
The employment bubble you describe really only exists in the Bay Area. The majority of users on HN are not in the Bay Area:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3298905
People 35 and over, are somewhat likely to have families and find it difficult to relocate.
- hobofan 8y ago> The employment bubble you describe really only exists in the Bay Area. There are a lot of places where you get a job in this industry faster than you can say "Software Engineer", so it's definitely not only a Bay Area thing. NY/Berlin/London are just as bad from personal experience and as a rough estimate every city above 1mil population, is probably not too different.
- xevb3k 8y agoThe largest group in the poll was US (not including SF/NY) followed by Europe (not including UK). From your list that leaves Berlin. Few other towns have the density and variety of startups that the Bay Area has to be honest.
- hobofan 8y ago> Few other towns have the density and variety of startups that the Bay Area has to be honest. This is about ease of finding a job in the field, and startups are not the only employers there.
- ryandrake 8y agoFor now. This site is also full of 20-something’s who were never in the workforce during a bear market. As someone who has lived through two, I can tell you that the demand for software engineers is not permanently robust. When the next tech downturn happens you will be grateful to have any job whatsoever. It truly sucks.
- slededit 8y agoA lot of us were around for '08, and while more rare there are still some holdovers from the original .com bust. The exponential growth of the field makes it skew young but you shouldn't assume HN has no wisdom at all on it.
- FlipperBucket 8y agoSeattle and almost anywhere in Southern California are also fantastic areas.